Wei Guoqing

Wei Guoqing
韦国清
Wei Guoqing
Director of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department
In office August 1977 – September 1982
Preceded by	Zhang Chunqiao
Succeeded by	Yu Qiuli
Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong
In office October 1975 – January 1979
Governor	Himself
Preceded by	Zhao Ziyang
Succeeded by	Xi Zhongxun
Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office January 1975 – March 1993
Chairperson	Zhu De→Song Qingling→Ye Jianying→Peng Zhen→Wan Li
Communist Party Secretary of Guangxi
In office January 1967 – October 1975
Governor	Himself
Preceded by	Qiao Xiaoguang
Succeeded by	An Pingsheng
In office July 1961 – April 1970
Preceded by	Liu Jianxun
Succeeded by	Qiao Xiaoguang
In office August 1955 – June 1956
Preceded by	Zhang Yunyi
Succeeded by	Chen Manyuan
Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office January 1965 – June 1983
Chairperson	Zhou Enlai→Deng Xiaoping
Political Commissar of the Guangzhou Military Region
In office November 1966 – August 1977
Preceded by	Tao Zhu
Succeeded by	Xiang Zhonghua [zh]
Personal details
Born	Wei Bangkuan (1913-09-02)2 September 1913 Donglan County, Guangxi, China
Died	14 June 1989(1989-06-14) (aged 75) Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse(s)	Liang Zhengxiang Xu Qiqian
Children	5
Alma mater	Counter-Japanese Military and Political University
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	Chinese Red Army Eighth Route Army New Fourth Army  People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1929–1982
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War First Indochina War
Awards	Order of August 1 (2nd Class Medal; 1955) Order of Independence and Freedom (1st Class Medal; 1955) Order of Liberation (1st Class Medal; 1955)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	韦国清
Traditional Chinese	韋國清
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wéi Guóqīng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Wai5 Gwok3-cing1
Wei Bangkuan
Simplified Chinese	韦邦宽
Traditional Chinese	韋邦寬
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wéi Bāngkuān Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Wai5 Bong1-fun1
Zhuang name
Zhuang	Veiz Gozcing

Wei Guoqing (Chinese: 韦国清; pinyin: Wéi Guóqīng; Zhuang: Veiz Gozcing; 2 September 1913 – 14 June 1989) was a Chinese government official, military officer and political commissar of Zhuang ethnicity. He served as the Chairman of Guangxi from 1958 to 1975 and on the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo (1973–1982) and as Director of the People's Liberation Army's General Political Department (1977–1982). Wei was one of the few members of the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Central Committees (1969–1987) and the 10th through 12th politburos not purged during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (GPCR) or Deng Xiaoping's backlash.^[1] He was also a Vice Chair of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (1975–1989) and of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1964–1983).